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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 29, 2015 10:14:47 GMT
Shah-zad, Shah-zad, Shah-zad!
Durham: 122-3
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Post by pompeymeowth on Apr 29, 2015 10:17:52 GMT
Yippee, I'm going to spend the day looking at player profiles on cricinfo. That usually gets them out!
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 29, 2015 11:29:30 GMT
We need a couple of quick wickets and fast. Not looking good at present. Durham require 74 runs with 7 wickets left.  |
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Post by hhsussex on Apr 29, 2015 11:53:59 GMT
We need a couple of quick wickets and fast. Not looking good at present. Durham require 74 runs with 7 wickets left. A ray of hope or the last flickering before the darkness descends? 205-4 and Shahzad resurgent. |
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Post by jonfilby on Apr 29, 2015 12:49:25 GMT
Fair play to Durham - skilful use of home advantage and rules about the use of the roller.
Prepare a green pitch, bowl and then roll the pitch before the 4th innings with the heavy roller to flatten out any identations.
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Post by joe on Apr 29, 2015 13:06:57 GMT
Fair play to Durham - skilful use of home advantage and rules about the use of the roller. Prepare a green pitch, bowl and then roll the pitch before the 4th innings with the heavy roller to flatten out any identations. It's just not cricket.....or is it? |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 29, 2015 13:11:46 GMT
Whoever won the toss had an immediate superiority and then add the home roller advantage.
Even so, compared to the similar 2013 fixture this is a vast improvement from Sussex and shows
what an improved side they are. Supporters would have bitten a hand off for 50 points after 3
matches. Many positives to be taken away. The signing of Shahzad being one of them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 13:14:46 GMT
Pitch cannot have been that bad - 1200 runs have been scored on it in four days at an averge of more than four runs per over.
These thigns happen in high quality Div One cricket between top sides - one bad session cotsts the match as Worcs found out last week.
In this game, it wasn't even one bad session - just half a session yesterday afternoon when Sussex lost six wickets inside an hour to a ball that was 60 overs old.
But that's why Div One cricket at its best is so compellingly great to watch - two top sides slugging it out blow for blow over four days, and it hinges on a single hour when one side manages to get the upper hand.
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Post by hhsussex on Apr 29, 2015 13:36:03 GMT
Pitch cannot have been that bad - 1200 runs have been scored on it in four days at an averge of more than four runs per over. These thigns happen in high quality Div One cricket between top sides - one bad session cotsts the match as Worcs found out last week. In this game, it wasn't even one bad session - just half a session yesterday afternoon when Sussex lost six wickets inside an hour to a ball that was 60 overs old. But that's why Div One cricket at its best is so compellingly great to watch - two top sides slugging it out blow for blow over four days, and it hinges on a single hour when one side manages to get the upper hand. Great analysis, borderman. This is shaping up to be a compelling domestic season, and it is setting a very high benchmark for the Test matches to propvide competitive cricket of this quality, fought with such conviction by both sides, and on wickets that give encouragement all round. The only thing lacking from Sussex performances so far has been high-quality spin bowling. I have a feeling that if the early season weather conditions mellow into a "traditional" summer - not too wet, getting hottest and driest from July to early September - then spin will become a much more important factor for all sides than for a generation. Imagine entering the last round of championship games, starting with the Yorkshire game at Hove in mid-August with the championship in view, yet being unable to call on a quality spinner to capitalise on those fourth-day finishes? In every other respect the winter (and Spring!) signings have amply justified themselves and the rediscovery of Machan more than compensates for the occasional flourishes that Prior was able to bring to the club from about 2009 onwards. To the good news that Yardy's health is better we can add the certainty that form will come back to players like Cachopa and Wells. Getting good starts is important to build the big scores we need against committed sides such as Durham. |
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Post by freddy838 on Apr 29, 2015 16:10:15 GMT
Yes just fell a little short, but considering the fact we have had to use so many players already this season I can't complain with the start we've had. Machan's form, the discovery of Robinson from almost nowhere, Shahzad looks a top signing. We are just waiting for the core players to settle into the season, especially Mags who seems to have had a quiet start.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 17:12:02 GMT
Amazing game at Taunton which reinforces the point that in Div One, one bad session - or even just a bad hour - will be mercilessly punished. On the first day Somerset were 377-3. To lose a match from there takes some doing... but they were careless and then lost seven wkts in 11 overs, although unlike Sussex it was at least to the new ball.
Middx chasing down such a massive total also shows why county captains have become so cautious in setting declarations for a fourth innings run chase. Even 400 isn't always enough.
I must say I agree with hh - this is shaping up to be a cracking LVCC season.
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Post by hhsussex on Apr 29, 2015 17:32:58 GMT
At the end of this enthralling day Sussex are still on top - but only by 5 points from Durham, who have a game in hand. It's going to be fascinating to see what happens to Yorkshire's bid to retain the Championship when they finally get back their surplus to requirements, and probably out of match practice, top players from the Caribbean.  |
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Post by fraudster on Apr 29, 2015 19:52:17 GMT
God dammit they really aren't Worcs, can't believe I was right. I thought we didn't have enough, that second innings collapse did for us I think.
What is the "home roller advantage"? According to what I've read, the batting side chooses if and when to roll. Presumably we did it before our second innings, right?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 30, 2015 11:09:53 GMT
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Post by stevehollis75 on Apr 30, 2015 11:47:43 GMT
God dammit they really aren't Worcs, can't believe I was right. I thought we didn't have enough, that second innings collapse did for us I think. What is the "home roller advantage"? According to what I've read, the batting side chooses if and when to roll. Presumably we did it before our second innings, right? Sussex opted not to use the heavy roller before their 2nd innings as with Durham expected to us it after before their 2nd dig Joyce was concerned it would flatten the pitch out completely and make chasing down any total easy. Fine balancing act I suppose |
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